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Every public school will have a trained child protection specialist by the end of next year as part of the State Governemnt's Keeping Them Safe child protection reforms. Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith told parliament more than 750 counsellors and student welfare staff were being trained to become leaders in child protection initiative for schools. She said the sessions, which began in May, would include traning on effective intervention with children who had experienced abuse-related trauma. Adelaide Advertiser (21-10-2005) |
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Every person working in a school, from the groundskeeper to the principal, will be trained in child protection from next year. Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith will today announce 25, 000 more people are to be involved in mandatory reporting in schools. The Opposition yesterday said it called 12 months ago for all staff to be trained. The Australian Educatin Union warned extending responsibility could lead to 'malicious' reporting by people 'with ulterior motives'. Under state law, anyone who witnesses an act of abuse against a child- or has reason to suspect one has occurred - must report it to authorities. The person is not required to judge if the abuse did or did not occcur and, no matter what their personal opinions, must report the act. Teachers are already subject to mandatory repoerting. Dr Lomax-Smith said 150 people would conduct training under the State Government's $2.1 million child protection program. "Life does not stop for an abused child- they still go to school and they still need to learn," she said. "But they will often require extra support to ensure their safety and help them through the trauma." AEU president Andrew Gohl said he welcomed any move to assist in the prevention of child abuse. "However, it must be implemented with proper training and there must be checks and balance," he said. Adelaide Advertiser (21-11-2005) Sean Fewster |
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